Fare-recorder.



J J. J0INE FARE RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1911.

Fatented Nov. 5, 1912.

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J. J. JOINES. FARE RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1911.

1,043,602. Patented NOV.5, 1912.

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I ll) aZZ' whom it may concern Befit known that I, JAMES J. Jomns, a citizen of the United- States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fare-Rcoorders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fare recorders, and has for one of its obects to provide a combined recorder and register which may be readily applied to barber chairs, cabs or other vehicles or to any other like place which the customer or passenger is caused to occupy whilebemg served, and which shall keep a continuous record, thereby indicating the exact time of Occupancy of each' separate passenger or customer and the period or length of such occupancy, the present application being in the nature of an improvement upon my {armor Patent, #896,550, dated Aug. 18,

y Another object of the present invention is indicate on the recorder the occupancy of the seat, and the interval of time that the same has been occupied, respectively, the seat for this purpose embodying means adapted to actuate the operating mechanism in its downward movementso as to indicate the occupancy of the seat, the upward movement of the seat serving to actuate the operating mechanism to denote the rising of the passenger or customer, whereby the interval of time that the seat has been occupied will be registered.

With the above and other objects in view, the. invention consists in the constructimi, combination and arrangement of parts. hi-rcinafter described and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specificationz-Figure 1 is a lonnitudimil sectional View of a double seat embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse Specification of Letters Iatent.

Application filed November 22, 1911. Serial No. 661,733.

section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. i, is

Patented Nov.5,191'2.

a face view of the recording dial. Fig. 4: is a slde new of the same. Fig. 5 1s a diagrammatm View of thGQlGCt/IIO circuits.

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like parts throughout the several views. 1 Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention,

the same is shown as applied to the seat of a vehicle, but of course it will be understood that it is not limited to such usage, as it may be employed for recording purposes whereever desired. In these drawings, A designates the vehicle seat, which as shown in Fig. 1 is adouble one, it of course being understood that any desired number of seats may be employed. Each seat A comprises a stationary supporting member 1 having a cushion 2 mounted thereon. Adjacent the ends of the cushion 2 intermediate the same and the member 1 are springs 3 designed to support the cushions yieldupper surface of the member 1 of the seat and serve to remove the weight from the springs and support the cushions when the seats are occupied. A division or partition 5 is placed intermediate the adjacent seats so that one person will not occupy more than one seat or cushion. The under surfaces of the cushions 2 are provided with retainin bolts 6 which latter are adapted to be passe through the member 1 to securely hold the cushions in place. For the purposes of illustration I have shown a partition 7 arranged. below and intermediate adjacent seats on whicn is mounted-a recording mechanism, designated at B. although I desire it to be understood that this mechanism may be mounted in any other suitable or convenient place so as to facilitate connection between the same and any desired number of seats. The recorder mechanism embodies a suitable clock work. having a revolving dial or face on which is mounted a circular chart 9, which latter serves as the record sheet. The chart 9 comprises a plurality of concentric strips or rings 10. four bcingshown in the drawings. each of which has connections with one of the seats A, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The rings 10 are divided into hour and minute intervals. as shown.

BEST AVAILABLE con and preferably show a period of twenty-four hours duration, although charts of greater or less recording capacity may be used act'rording to difierent requirements.

Forwardly of the chart 9 and in alinement with the rings 10 are a plurality of levers 11, one for each ring, pivotally connected at their lower ends to a block 12 secured to the partition. 7 below and at one side of the center line of the chart 9. Each of the levers 11 is provided at its free end with a pencil or punch 13 adapted to perforate one of the rings 10 in the movement of the lever. The levers 11 adjacent their pivotal connections are provided with armat-ures 14 designed to be attracted by magnets 15, whereby in the energization of the magnets, the levers 11 will be operated to perforate the recording rings of the chart, as will be more fully described.

itrranged beneath each seat A is an operating device B for the recorder mechanism. The operating means B comprises a standard 16 rigidly secured to the under surface or stationary member 1 of theseat, upon which are pivotally mounted, intermediate their lengths switch levers 17 and 18, projecting laterally from the standards 16, and parallel with the levers 17 and 18, are arms 1! and 90, respectively, arranged above and below the re-ap ective levers 1'7 and 18. The outer ends ot' the arms 19 and 20 are provided with s itaccd contact members 91 having con nection with conductors 22 and 23 and desi ned to be bridged by similar strips 94 ar a: {ed upon the levers l7 and 18 and 'preicctiuc' in relatively opposite directions and at right angles therefrom.

, llilCll cover ot the seat is provided with an actuati plunger 25 arranged adjacent s i the tree male 0! the switch levers 17 and I8 and provided with spaced oppositely disv pring n'essed dogs 26 and 27 denial to cog go the free ends of the levers and IS, :espcctivcly. 3y virtue ol this -'-cislriu.-lion it will be een that in the downward nn'ivenienl' ot the plunger 27 the dog till will engage the free end of the lever 14' to engage the contact. strip 2 with the members- 'Z'l. antl the dog 27 will idle past the lever 18; and in the upward movement of the ushion under the action of the springs the dog 27 will engage the tree end of tluyiever 19 to engage the contact. strip 24 Willi the contact mcn'ibers 21 on the arm 20, the dog 26 in the upward movement of the plunger idling past the lever 17, whereby one of the magnets will be energized to indica te on the recorder mrcnpancy of the seat, and the vacating of the same, respectively. .-\djacent their free ends the lovers 17 and are provided with relractile springs 28 to return the ir-rzner to their normal positions subsequent to the action of the dog, he standard 16 being provided with stops 29 arranged at one side of the pivotal connection of the levers to limit the movement of the latter under the action of the springs.

One of the contact members of the arms 15) and 20 is connected with one terminal of a suitable source of energy, such as a battery 30, the opposite contact members of the arms being connected through the medium of a conductor 31- with one terminal of the magnet- 15. The opposite terminals of the magnets are connected by means of a common conductor 32 with the free terminal of the battery 30.

In practice; when a seat is occupicl, the plunger 95 thereof is pressed downwardly under the action of the cushion 2 and the dog 27 engaged with the free end of the lever 17 rocking the same upon its pivot in the downward movement ot the plunger. In this movement of the parts the contact strip 21 is brought into engagement with the contact members 21 on the arm 1!) to bridge the same and close the circuit through one of the magnets 15, whereby the lever 11 of the energized magnet will be rocked upon its pivot to perforate one of the rings 10 of the chart 9 to indicate the occupancy of the seat. \Vhcn the passenger 'or cus tomer arises from the seat, the cushion thereof is elevated through the action of the springs 3 and carries with it. in its upward moven'icnl', the plunger 25. In the U] J\Vtll(l l'i'iovenlent-ot the plunger thedog 2t; idles by the lever 17 and the (log 27 o )eral ively engages the lever 18, rocking the same upon its pivot, to engage the contact strip 94 with the contact members 21. ot the arm 20, thereby closing the circuit to the same magnet to actuate its arm 11 to perforate the ring ll) of the chart 9, thus denoting the interval ol time that the customer has occupied the seat.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that T have provided a fare register wherein the downward movement of the seat serves to indicate on the re- -.order, the occupancy of such seat, and the upward movement of the seat serves to in dicate on the recorder the vacancy of the former.

Having thus descril'icd the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a seat including a movable member and a stationary member, and a recorder mechanism, of an actuating mechanism for said recorder mechanism, said actuating mechanism comprising a standard secured to the stationary member of the seat, a plurality of contacts carried by said standard, means pivotally mounted on the standard for engaging said 'IOIltfUJl'b', a plunger connected to the movable member of the seat and movable therewith and adaptcured to the stationary member of the seat,

a plurality of contacts carried by said stand- 1 ard,. a circuit including said contacts and having 'a source of energy therein, means in said circuit adapted to be energized to actuate said recorder mechanism, a switch leverpi'votally mounted upon said standard adj a: cent each of said contact members and adapted for engagement with the latter, a

plunger carried by the movable member of the seat and movable therewith, and a pair of spring pressed dogs carried by said p1un ger and adapted to engage said levers one in the downward andthe other in the upward' 'movement of the movable member of the seat to close the circuit to actuate said re;

corder mechanism. 3. The combination with a seat lncluding f a movable member and a stationarymember,

and a recorder mechanisng-bf a standard secured'to the stationary member of the seat,

.a plurality of contacts carried by said standard, anelectric circuit including said contactsand having a source of energy therein,

means in said circuit and adapted to be energized'to actuate the-recorder mechanism, a switch lever pivotally mounted upon said standard adjacent each of said contacts, a

plunger carried by the movable member 'of the seat, a pair of spring pressed dogs on .said plunger and adapted to actuate the said levers one in the downward and the other in the upward movementof, the movable member of the seat to close the circuit to actuate I the said recorder mechanism, means for restoring the levers to their normal positions subsequent to the action-of the dogs, and means for limiting the movement of said levers under the action of the last means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturei in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES-:1 J OINES. Witnesses JAs. G. WORK, Jorm H. Bos'roN, Jr. 

